Bognor Postcard Publishers
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Picture Postcard Publishers in Bognor
Robert Briant Burgess - King & Wilson - Webster & Webb - Edward Lawrence Wood
Robert Briant BURGESS ( born c1866,St. Pancras, London)
| Robert Briant Burgess was born in St. Pancras, London around 1866. By 1899, Robert Burgess has established a fancy stationers and toy store at Waterloo House, Waterloo Square, Bognor, which he called the Bognor Library & Bazaar. In the 1901 Census, Robert Burgess is described as a "Stationer", aged 35. From about 1910, a large number of pictorial postcards were published in Bognor under the name of R. Briant Burgess. |
 [ABOVE] A photograph of Waterloo Square, Bognor, showing in the centre of the picture the location of the Bognor Library & Bazaar, the bookshop and stationers owned by Robert Briant Burgess. (1903) |
 [ABOVE] Detail of the preceding photograph showing the Bognor Library Bazaar owned by Robert Briant Burgess, who published a large number of Bognor postcards. |
KING & WILSON
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[ABOVE] Details of King & Wilson of Bognor as printed on the reverse of a picture postcard. |
 [ABOVE] A photograph entitled "A Big Splash" published as a picture postcard by King & Wilson, 8 Pier Arcade, Bognor. The original photograph is credited to King. |
WEBSTER & WEBB
William Boucher Sutton WEBB ( born 1863 Holborn, London)
| Webster & Webb were a firm of
booksellers & stationers which produced picture postcards in Bognor
between 1905 and 1910. The firm of Webster & Webb had its own printing
works as well as selling books, stationery and fancy goods. The Library
and Stores of Webster & Webb were based at 61, 63 & 65 High Street,
Bognor. The original Library building dated back to the 1820s. By the
1870s the Library building was in the hands of Henry Lovett (born 1838,
Cricklade, Wiltshire ), a stationer and printer and the proprietor of
the Bognor Observer newspaper. On 5th April 1891, Henry Lovett
sold his
printing and stationery business to his
future son-in-law William Boucher Sutton Webb of the firm of
Webster and Webb.
William Boucher Sutton Webb was born in Holborn, London in 1863. In 1899, William B. S. Webb married Kate Lovett (born c1868, Chelsea), the daughter of Henry Lovett, the former owner of the bookselling and stationery business at 61 & 63 High Street, Bognor. The printing business in Bognor's High Street passed to William Webb in 1891. From around 1905, Webster & Webb started to produce coloured picture postcards of Bognor. Although the pictorial cards were printed and published by Webster & Webb, the photographers who actually photographed the views are not identified. |
 [ABOVE] The Library of Webster & Webb at 61, 63 & 65 High Street, Bognor. The Library building dates back to the 1820s. The original library was established by Robert Knapton, but in the 1840s it was run by Mr Hounsom. The bookselling and stationery business was acquired by Henry Lovett , the proprietor of the local newspaper, the Bognor Observer. Lovett sold the business to his future son-in-law, William Webb in 1891. |
 [ABOVE] A postcard view of The Western Esplanade, Bognor published by Webster & Webb of 61, 63 & 65 High Street, Bognor.( Post-marked 6th January 1905). |
 [ABOVE] A postcard view of The Sands, Bognor, originally published by Webster & Webb, but re-issued by J. & S. Worssell. |
Edward Lawrence WOOD (born 1878, Bognor, Sussex)
| Edward Lawrence Wood was born in 1878 at Bognor, the son of Anne Wood ( born c1849, Ockley, Surrey) and Edward Wood ( 1855 Ware, Hertfordshire), a printer and Postmaster of 25 High Street, Bognor. By 1901 Edward Lawrence Wood was earning a living as a bookseller in Bognor. A local trade directory of 1905 lists Edward Lawrence Wood as a bookseller at 19a High Street, Bognor. From around 1905 to 1915, he produced picture postcards of Bognor under the name of E. Lawrence Wood. In 1904, Edward Lawrence Wood married Katrine Ella Barrett (born 1880, Chichester), a hospital nurse who worked at the Broyle Road Infirmary in Chichester. |
